President Trump’s support waned in the wake of the month-long government shutdown, with more Americans now viewing Nancy Pelosi as more trustworthy to handle “issues that are important to you,” according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll.

American voters trust Pelosi more than Trump 49 to 42 percent, a trend driven mostly by Independent voters who favor the House Speaker by 13 percentage points.

The highlights:

• Men are divided as 48 percent trust Trump more and 42 percent trust Pelosi. Women trust Pelosi more 54 – 37 percent;
• White voters trust Trump more 52 – 42 percent. Black voters go to Pelosi 82 – 2 percent and Hispanic voters trust her more 62 – 27 percent;
• Republicans trust Trump more 88 – 6 percent, as Democrats back Pelosi 91 – 5 percent.

Quinnipiac University Poll assistant director Tim Malloy hyped the numbers.

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – one; President Donald Trump – zero. The first round of many to come in the heavyweight bout goes the Speaker’s way as Trump takes the hit for the shutdown and his party is suffering along with him,” Malloy said. “Does 38 percent approval translate to reelection problems? Maybe.”

On the more generic question of whether voters “approve or disapprove of the say Donald Trump is handling his job as president,” figures have hovered between 41 and 38 percent approval since July. The most recent Quinnipiac poll shows 38 percent approve, compared to 57 percent who disapprove, virtually the same as it was on July 24, 2018.

Trump’s approval was at 41 percent as recently as Jan. 15, according to Quinnipiac.

Other polls – from NBC News, Monmouth, Rasmussen Reports and others – list Trump’s approval rating between 43 and 45 percent, and his overall average on Real Clear Politics is 41.5 percent.

A majority of American voters blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the recent government shutdown, and half of voters trust Democrats more “on the issue of border security” than Republicans, another trend seemingly fueled by Independents, according to the Quinnipiac poll.

It’s a similar situation with Trump’s handling of issues including the economy, foreign policy, and immigration. A majority of voters disagreed with the government shutdown and 55 percent don’t want a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Most Americans don’t think it will do much to reduce drugs or violent crime, though opposition has eroded since last fall.

In a Sept. 28 Quinnipiac poll, support for a wall was at 37 percent and opposition at 60 percent. The most recent poll showed 41 percent support and 55 percent opposition.

And while most American voters don’t like the government shutdown, think it’s an inappropriate way to negotiate policy, and wouldn’t support Trump using emergency powers to build the wall, life without the government hasn’t been a significant issue for the vast majority of voters.

When asked: “Has the partial government shutdown had a negative impact on you personally, or not?” 81 percent responded “no.”

“Voters buy in on better border security. But that wall … bad idea,” Malloy said. “’Don’t build it,’ voters say, ‘and it wouldn’t work anyway.’”

Just two weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Quinnipiac University Poll showed Hillary Clinton with a seven percentage point lead over Donald Trump. The poll also consistently produces data that’s skewed against Trump, when compared to other pollsters.